Originally Posted by apuraja

I rented a virtual US phone number from https://anonymsms.com/ to handle credit card transactions while I was in Italy. They offer phone numbers based on real sims that I can rent for up to 30 days. And you can access your messages on a browser, which is convenient for travelling.

Originally Posted by Dubai Stu

TextNow will let you lock down their free texting number for something like $6 a year. For a single $9 flat fee, they will give you a US SIM card tied to that number. I haven’t played with that, but I’m wondering whether their app can receive short codes and whether it shows up in telephone databases as VOIP or cellular.